Transfer-car for unit brick-stacks.



H. B. GRUM.

'TRANSFER GAR POR UNIT BRICK STAGKS.

APPLICATION FILED FEILZCI. 1912.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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H. B. GRUM.

TRANSFER GAB FOB. UNIT BRICK STAGES.

APPLICATION FILED IEB.23, 1912.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

HOLLIS B. ORUM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNOn :ro RAYMOND o.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TRANSFER-CAR FOR UNIT BRICK-STACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application tiled February 23, 1912. Serial No. 679,485.

T0 aZZ whom it may concer/i.'

Be it known that I, HOLLIS B. CRUM, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Transfer- Cars for Unit Brick-Stacks, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The present invention relates to cars for receiving unit stacks of bricks in proper alinement and spaced relation for -being delivered by a mechanical lifter, and, while having other and more general fields of usefulness, is well adapte for having burned brick units stacked thereon at the kiln, preparatory to sending them to the dock or other delivery point where the load may be picked up by tie lifting cage, or other mechanical lifter, and transferred to a barge or other conveyance.

The invention comprises a truck framework having a brick sup orting` formation, shown as Z-bars, proper y siaced apart to receive the basic courses o brick in the requisite separated relation to permit a liftin f cage to be lowered over the saine, there bem f open space rovided both between and eneath the bricks to allow chips and dirt to esca e, and the brick supporting bars being pre erably provided with guiding means. to insure the brick being placed in pro )er position.

1 urther features of the invention relate to a construction of car having a vertical side and end wall adapted to vertically aline the brick units as they are deposited on the car, the other side and end of the car being preferably o ien, so as to permit freer movement of the rick handling cage in depositing and lifting out the brick units. The vertical side wall is mounted on a pivot support at its base and is adapted, upon the reease of a catch at its upper portion, to swing outward by gravity to give room for thel ca e or lifter to be lowered around the bricks. This swinging side is also preferably reversible for placin upon either side of the ear at will, so that ricks may be deposited upon the car from either side without turning the ear around.

The above and other features of invention i will be better-understood from the following detailed description, ltaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be hereafter pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a car embodyin the present invention viewing one pivoter. side wall from the interior of the car, a small portion at the ri ht end being broken away; Fig. 2 is an en view; and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with a portion broken away.

,The car framework 10 may be of usual or any desired form and material, being preferably, however, as shown, of structural angle bars with any usual or standard trucks 11. The lengthwise extendin members of the framework 10 have bolte or otherwise fixed to the tops thereof transverse brick supporting members, shown as upstanding Z-bars 12. These bars aie, as shown, arranged in pairs with the fianges of each pair at their tops inwardly extending toward each other, as seen at 13 the members of each pair being in properly spaced relation for a usual stack of bricks with the individual bricks of its bottom line extending lengthwise to be deposited thereon, these bricks fitting between guide strips 14 fixed to the top flanges of the Z-bars. This construction in connection with the open angle bar framework 10 provides an unobstructed open space beneath the res ective unit stacks, so that chips and dirt alling down from the several units can esca )e without filling in and clog ying up the p atform, as clear y shown in tie plan view of Fig. 3. rl`he car is preferably provided with only one vertical end wal as shown at 15, this being suitably braced and bolted to the base frame, as at 16. The one swinging side is designated 17, being pivoted at 18 to outstanding lugs or ears 19 of the base fraaie. These lugs are provided at each side of the car, so that the pivoted side wall 17 may be attached at either side as required, depending on the side from which the brick units are to be loaded. This swinging side provided with a lock construction for cooperation with a catch on the fixed vertical end, this lock consisting of bell crank levers 20 pivoted at 21 adjacent either end of the swinging side, and having arms Q9. projecting beyond the side wall to enga lre a catch Q3 fixed to the end wall. These ell crank levers have their downwardly projecting arms 24 connected by a link rod 25 so that either one may be ti'ipped by operating the other. Thus, when either of these levers is acting as a lock to hold u the side wall at whichever side of the car it may be located, the other is adapted to serve as ii handle to be moved bv the operator for tripping the lock and releasing the side wall so that it may swing iiway to permit the lifting cage to be lowered into position. The swinging side wall 1T is provided with iiieiins for limiting its outward swing, such means consisting, as shown, in links 26 pivotally secured at 27 to the swinging side some little. distance above its pivotal axis, the other end of these links lniving elongated slots 28 within which are stop bolts Q9 suitably fixed to the base frame, as by being carried by pairs of the Z-bars 12. The length of the links and the slots 28 therein is such as to allow the swinging side to swing outward enough to permit the lifting cage to be moved into place and to assist in guiding it, the side being securely supported in this inclined position by the bolts 29 engaging the outer ends of the slots 28. As a means to further assist in uiding the lifting cage down into place, tie swinging side may be provided with flange plates 30 fixed at its ends and extending in position to engage the lifter as it descends.

'lhe car is shown as provided with brake mechanism, consisting of bars 31, 32 carrying brake shoes for engagement with the car wheels, these bars being connected by links 33 with the opposite projections of a T-lever 3l pivoted at'B to the frame and having its other arm 36 engaged by a cable or the like 3T, which passes around a pulley 23S suitably journaled in the frame, this cable being connected to the lower end of an upstanding lever 39 pivoted at 40 to the frame, and having its handle portion 41 in convenient position for manipulation. The links 233 and the opposite projections of the T-lever 84 with which they are engaged, are formed and arianged to constitute toggles which are straightened out by the movement of the leveiz-lt) to cause the briike bars to press their slices against the wheels in a manner readily understood from an inspection of Fi r. 3.

A car tlius formed, while of exceedin ly simple construction, is hi lily serviceable Ifor the par ioses for which it is designed, enabling t ie unit stacks of burned bricks to be deposited in proper vertical alineiiieiit with the aid of the vertical end and side wall and the other side and end ot' the car being entirely open and unobstructed, facilitates the convenient manipulation of the lifting ca e for depositing the loads of bricks at ti-ic loading point and thereafter again lifting them olf the car at the delivery point. The outwardly slanting )osition of the car side when this is release from-itslocking catch aids in guiding the lifter down into place and the cage is further steered into proper position for either depositing or lifting the units by the flange plates 3() at the ends of the ear sides. The construction permitting the shifting of the swinging car side from one side of the car to the other at will is of importance, since it permits the ear to be loaded from either side and without turning it around, by merely detaching the swinging side member and fixing it in place with its pivot bolt engaged in the ears if) at the other side of the car.

'l`he structural details of the ear may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention, and .l therefore do not desirel to be limited as to these, or in any other particulars, except as set forth in the appended claims.

The. pivoted side or wall 1T is specially valuable in aiding in aliriing the mechanical brick setter in loading the brick, such cage or setter with its load of brick being slowly lowered into the car and striking the inner slanting side of the wall when in its outwardly inclined position and serving to automatically aline the setter and its load into the interior of the car.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new' and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A car, having a platform support adapted to receive stacked units of brick` and upstanding end and side walls, one of said walls being swingingly mounted for a limited outward swing so that it is adiipted to guide a lifting mechanism into pliice.

2. A car, comprising a platform adapted to receive units of brick, upstanding end and side walls for said ear, one of said walls being swin ingly mounted and having a lock for ho ding it normally vertical, and means for limiting the outward swinging movement of said wall upon release of said lock to a position adapting it to guide a lifting mechanism into operative position over said car.

3. A car, comprising a platform adapted to receive stacked ilnits of bricks, a vertical alining wall iipstanding from said ilatform, the car being open opposite said alining wiill, and means for supportin f said aliiiing wall to extend up from di `erent edges of the car platform at will.

4. A car, comprising a platform adapted to receive stacked units of bricks, an u standing alinin wiill, means for pivotallv supporting saitizalining wall at either side of the car at will, the opposite side of the car being open, and means for limiting the outward swing of said alining wall adapting it to serve as a guiding means for positioning a lifting mechanism.

A car, comprising a platform adapted to receive stacked units of bricks, a vertical iof alinin" wall pivotallv mounted at one side thereo, means for `limiting the outward swinf1r of said wall ada ting it to serve as a guiding means for a li ting cage, and other guiding means for the lifting cage carried by said wall.

6. A car, com rising a brick receiving platform, an en wall vertically upstandmg from said platform carrying one element of a lock, and an alining Wall swingingly mounted at its base and upstanding from a side of the car, having a coperative lock member adapted to normally hold it in substantially vertical position, and arranged for a tripping release to permit said alinmg wall to swing outward.

7. A car, comprising a brick receiving platform, an upstanding alining wall, means for swingingly mounting said alining wall at its base on either side of the platform at willz and a locking means for holding said alinmg wall upright said lockin means having one portion tiereof carrie by the alining wall with similarly formed oppositely extending interconnected members at opposite extremities of said wall, adapted to interchangeably serve for locking engagement with a fixed locking member, or as an operating device as the alinin wall is located on one sideor the other o the car. l

8. A car, com rising a brick receiving platform, an en wall vertically upstandmg therefrom, a side wall swingingly mounted at its base to a side of the platform, and means for detachably lockin said side wall and end wall together to ho d the side wall in vertical position, the other side and end of the car being open for the purpose stated.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOLLIS B. CRUM.

Witnesses:

C. P. MnnTENs, S. KENNETH SMART.

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Washington, D. 0. 

